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Transfer of properties from Sayyid Mahmud to Bibi Ruqiyah

A note indicating that the writer [probably Sayyid Mahmud Musavi Ruknabadi] has given his wife, Bibi Ruqiyah, all his household furnishings. He writes that the two carpets that he has brought from Mecca for his wife as souvenirs belong to her, as do all the stable's animals, the trees of Sarshah, the trees behind Sayyid ʻAlaʼ al-Din Musavi's garden, the pistachio trees, and every tree that belongs to the writer.
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Petition by peasants of Aranjan

Petitioners urge the addressee to persuade Haji Musa Khan, the head of the Azarbayjan army, that the amount of alfalfa he has requested is impossible and ask him to either call off the order or give them more time, so they could deliver some from Qarachah Dagh after the snow melts.
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Mamanah Khanum's settlements, 1925 and 1931

Two settlements, one between Mamanah Khanum and Murad ‘Ali over the care and rent of two cows and two calves (1925); and another between Mamanah Khanum and Safar ‘Ali over the care of sixteen sheep (1931)
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List of daily expenses, 1909

List of daily expenses for the month of Rabiʻ al-Sani, based on the list of andarun, given to Aqa Mashhadi ʻAli Asghar: "sugar, tea, rice, oil, soap, henna, paint, shoes, cash, matches, cumin, pepper [...]." It also lists the expenses of Shujaʻ al-Dawlah ordered by Muzaffar al-Saltanah: "sheep, lamb. 250 tumans and 3850 dinars were received by the people of [...]."
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Eight landowners to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Letter from eight landowners (from Charamlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma. The letter includes a report about peasants of Charamlah buying sheep, the problems of this transaction for the peasants, the possibility of their migration to Kurdistan, and having twenty women sent among the peasants to stop them from migrating.
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Letter from Shahrukh to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Talks about ‘Ali Bayg, son of Salim, who murdered the daughter of Umid ‘Ali Hasan; Umid ‘Ali Hasan, with the help of people from the Kakavand clan, has stolen five hundred ewes and goats and two donkeys as blood money and he and ‘Ali Bayg have been imprisoned. The writer asks Husayn Khan, who has promised to secure the blood money, to go to Harsin to end the quarreling, but he refuses to do so. ‘Ali Bayg's mother, also, has hidden all their belongings to avoid paying the blood money; the author asks the addressee to order Husayn Khan and ‘Ali Bayg's mother to go to Harsin to pay the blood...
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Letter, 1901

The letter mentions arrival on Monday, taking care of the goats and horses, delivering hay for peasants of Varaghah and barley as rent, Vusuq Lashkar delivering a document to Amin al-Dawlah, delivering grains to Tabriz, getting sugar cones, wishing recovery for the addressee, well-being of the beloved Sar Rishtah Dar [pay master] and requesting clothing and a shawl for his mother, ‘Ismat Khanum's request for a clothing, a wrapping cloth, and a bracelet, and greetings from Baygum Baji and others
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Complaint against Banu-yi ‘Uzma, 1911

Complaint against her for ordering two sheep to be slaughtered because she had suspected that the sheep ate the leaves of the trees on her land
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916

Mentions the addressee's correspondence; describes the Persian garden she and Mrs. Kappes are staying at for their vacation and rest, accompanied by Dr. Draeger, the head of German School, and his wife who converted to Baha’ism; how the wife of Dr. Draeger had fallen from the roof of the school and has a severe injury, and Sarah Clock is taking good care of her in the garden; notes that Mrs. Kappes has instituted many methods and improvements in the school that are copied by the other Persian girls' schools; and writes of Mrs. Kappes' meeting with the five men of the school committee and...
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Report by Mahdi

Reports the looting of several farms by the people of Sulat al-Saltanah, and the escape of the peasants. The author asks Khanum Jayran (Sulat al-Saltanah's sister), who sent someone to visit the farms, to determine how much to compensate. But, she can not afford the compensation.

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Transfer of properties from Sayyid Mahmud to Bibi Ruqiyah

Petition by peasants of Aranjan

Mamanah Khanum's settlements, 1925 and 1931

List of daily expenses, 1909

Eight landowners to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Letter from Shahrukh to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Letter, 1901

Complaint against Banu-yi ‘Uzma, 1911

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916

Report by Mahdi

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Transfer of properties from Sayyid Mahmud to Bibi Ruqiyah

Petition by peasants of Aranjan

Mamanah Khanum's settlements, 1925 and 1931

List of daily expenses, 1909

Eight landowners to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Letter from Shahrukh to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma

Letter, 1901

Complaint against Banu-yi ‘Uzma, 1911

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916

Report by Mahdi

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